Sarries chief talks up England talent

by Setanta Staff , 28 December 2011

Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall has hailed the young English talent at the club following their 19-11 win over Harlequins.


Over 82,00 fans turned out at Twickenham to see Sarries claim an impressive win on Tuesday - a victory that was thanks mainly to their young home-based talent.

Owen Farrell kicked 14 points and David Strettle also scored against his old club, but there were encouraging performances from an England point of view all over the pitch with Brad Barritt the official man of the match and flanker Andy Saull doing well in place of the injured Jacques Burger.

Afterwards, McCall said he was delighted with the display and singled out several men for special praise.

"I thought Andy Saull was absolutely magnificent and from an England perspective I thought a lot of our young, English players really made a good impression today," McCall said.

"Brad Barritt, who is just getting better and better, Owen Farrell again and Alex Goode who has really come into form in the last month or so.

"Ben Spencer really helped to close the game out and Mouritz Botha did well when he came on too.

"Hopefully they (the England coaches) will take notice," he added.

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